Psychology, B.S.

Communication Skills (9 credits)

• ENGL-101 Composition 1 (3 cr.) or
• ENGL-111 Freshman English–Honors I (3 cr.)

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• ENGL-102 Composition 2 (3 cr.) or
• ENGL-112 Freshman English–Honors II (3 cr.) or
• ENGL-113 Honors Seminar I (3 cr.)

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• COMST-100 Fundamentals of Speech (3 cr.)

Analytic Reasoning and Natural Sciences (10 credits)

Courses must be from the areas of analytic reasoning and natural sciences. At least one mathematics or statistics course and a natural science course with a lab are required.

• MATH-120 Introductory College Mathematics I (4 cr.) (or more advanced)
• STAT-130 Elementary Statistics (2 cr.) (or more advanced)
• Course Selective-1 : Natural Science with Lab (4 cr.)

Arts and Humanities (6 credits)

Courses must be from two or more areas including art history, creative arts, foreign language and culture, history, literature, music appreciation, performing arts and philosophy.

• Course Selective-1 :
• Course Selective-2 :

Social and Behavioral Sciences (6 credits)

Select remaining courses from another area including anthropology, economics, geography, political science and sociology.

• PSYC-110 General Psychology (3 cr.)

Cross-disciplinary Issues (3 credits)

Courses must be selected from the list of approved cross-disciplinary issues courses, which includes technology.

• Course Selective-1 :

Social Responsibility and Ethical Reasoning (3 credits)

Courses must be selected from the list of approved social responsibility and ethical reasoning courses.

• Course Selective-1 :

Selectives (3 credits)

Courses/credits may be selected from any category to meet the 40-credit requirement.

• Course Selective-1 :

Required Courses (13 credits)

• PSYC-100 Psychology Seminar I-Foundations (2 cr.)
• PSYC-190 Psychological Research Methods (4 cr.)
• PSYC-290 Interpreting Psychological Research (3 cr.)
• PSYC-300 Psychology Seminar II - Career Preparation (1 cr.)
• PSYC-320 Psychology: Its History and Systems (3 cr.)

Psychology Domains (12 credits)

Select at least one course from each domain:

Applied (6 credits)

Select 6 credits from the following:

• COUN-405 Helping Skills for the Professional (3 cr.)
• PSYC-120 Psychology of Adjustment (3 cr.)
• PSYC-280 Forensic Psychology, Law and Ethics (3 cr.)
• PSYC-281 Psychology for Sustainability (3 cr.)
• PSYC-350 Culture and Psychology (3 cr.)
• PSYC-355 Clinical and Counseling Psychology (3 cr.)
• PSYC-361 Abnormal Psychology (3 cr.)
• PSYC-370 Interpersonal Effectiveness Training (3 cr.)
• PSYC-371 Introduction to Health Psychology (3 cr.)
• PSYC-377 Consumer Psychology (3 cr.)
• PSYC-381 Industrial/Organizational Psychology (3 cr.)
• PSYC-382 Human Resource Management (3 cr.)
• PSYC-403 Management of Employee Reward Systems (3 cr.)
• PSYC-485 Recruitment & Selection of Human Resources (3 cr.)

Experiential/Capstone (6 credits)

Select 6 credits from the following:

• PSYC-X49 Cooperative Education Experience in Psychology (1.00-8.00 cr.)
• PSYC-X98 Psychology Field Experience (2.00 cr.)
• PSYC-490 Research Practicum (4 cr.)

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• PSYC-480 Individual Research Project I (1 cr.) and
• PSYC-481 Individual Research Project II (1 cr.)

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• PSYC-X99 Independent Study (2.00-3.00 cr.)**